lì​shǐ​bǐ​jiào​yǔ​yán​xué

historical-comparative linguistics

  • created sense approved 历史比较语言学/歷史比較語言學 · lì​shǐ​bǐ​jiào​yǔ​yán​xué · historical-comparative linguistics — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    历史比较语言学 / 歷史比較語言學

    lì​shǐ​bǐ​jiào​yǔ​yán​xué

    historical-comparative linguistics

    a branch of linguistics that studies how languages change over time and the relationships between related languages; it uses comparative methods to reconstruct ancestral forms and establish family trees

    历史 (literal) → 历史/歷史 · lì​shǐ · history 比较语言学 (literal) → 比较语言学/比較語言學 · bǐ​jiào​yǔ​yán​xué · comparative linguistics

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense